10 Tips for More Joy of Independence
This week’s Quick List is a follow up to our Quote of the Week: Ah- the joy of independence.
Independence can come with all sorts of negative consequences. This list is about finding the more joyful side.
It’s for you if you find yourself wishing that:
- you had more freedom at work.
- others on your team would take more initiative, work more independently (i.e. depend on you less).
- you could leave work, feeling free, not worried whether things are going okay without you.
Here are 10 tips for finding the more joyful side of independence.
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Quote of the Week: Ah-the joy of independence
To those of you who reside in the United States…Happy Independence Day!
Whether you live in the USA or not, I hope you will join us this week as we explore the challenges, resentments and pitfalls of independence. Read more
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Quote of the Week for Fathers Day
Here’s a quote that can help with morale, productivity and overall performance.
In November of 1995, there was a lot going on for me – personally and professionally. I can’t remember exactly what I said to Dad on the phone one night but a few days later, an envelope came in the mail. In it was a page from Better Homes and Gardens magazine, folded three times to show an article Read more
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10 Things That Bug People About Meetings
This week’s Quick List* is a companion to our Quote of the Week which is:
“Meetings are a symptom of bad organization. The fewer the meetings the better.” Peter Drucker
A regular review of meetings is crucial for the success of any organization. Not just the quantity of meetings but the quality as well. Typical discoveries from such reviews include ways to save time, boost morale, productivity and overall performance.
How to conduct such a review? Start with questions like:
- How many meetings do you attend each week?
- How many hours do they take?
- What bugs you about the meetings you attend?
We conducted a survey** last week and asked these plus a few more questions. To date, here are the top 10 responses to the question: “What bugs you about meetings?“
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10 reasons to stop meeting
This week’s Quick List* is a companion to our Quote of the Week which is:
“A meeting is an event where minutes are taken and hours wasted.” James Kirk
I don’t believe that about ALL meetings, do you? A meeting can be a great opportunity to build morale, productivity and overall performance. Then again, as you see from the quote above and the ones below, they can send all of that to the gutter.
How to keep the good and dump the bad? We’ll be sharing tips on that next week.
Will you help by participating in our quick survey? Here is a link to it
Meanwhile, in case you need some motivation for yourself or others to do something about meetings in your office, these quotes may help.
We have to stop meeting like this
How many hours do you spend in meetings each week? How much of this time is productive?
Will you answer these and a few other quick questions in our survey on meetings?
What’s in it for you?
Later this week, we will post the results, Read more
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Quote of the Week: On Meetings, Minutes & Hours
This one will not be popular with many leaders, but it’s a good one for those looking for ways to save time, get to goal PLUS boost morale, productivity and overall performance.
Just imagine, if we could each save one hour per week that is currently lost in unproductive meetings. Just one hour. A total of 52 hours per year. More than two full days.
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Quote of the Week: The Way You Talk to Yourself
Many of us complain about the mean, insensitive things our colleagues say to us. No wonder morale and productivity are in the dumpster, right? Engagement? What a joke! On a serious note, how often do you stop and listen to yourself?
Listen to yourself this week. Keep a Wordpad or real pad list of the mean,critical, judgmental things you say to yourself. You may be shocked at how hard you are on you.
What to do if you have a really long list? Read more
Passwords driving you crazy?
Too many passwords. Not enough memory. Enough to drive anyone crazy.
The other day, Bill Bunch and I were comparing notes about how our password vaults had changed our lives. May sound dramatic – but we were both serious.
I use one that’s part of an overall security package. Bill had just learned about a free* one called Read more
9 Ways to Do Less & Get More Done
Heard an interview with Stever Robbins, the Get-It-Done Guy, who came out with this new book. Two tips I loved:
1. Beat procrastination by speed-dating your tasks. He says, “You can face anything if it’s just for three minutes.” So he suggests scheduling small, finite periods of time for those tasks that seem too overwhelming to get started on. And set a timer!
2. For small decisions…instead of wasting time on the back and forth hashing that many of us do…flip a coin. You can always re-flip it!
I plan to read it. Didn’t even have to flip a coin to decide!
Want to join me? Get it from your local bookstore. Or if you don’t have time for a speed date with the bookstore, just click on the book to order from Barnes & Noble.
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